SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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gious Pleuro-Pneumonia.” The achievement of our National Gov¬ 
ernment through its Bureau of Animal Industry, in securing co¬ 
operation by State authority in dealing with this disease from a 
National and single standpoint at such a small expense, in so far 
is the work itself was concerned. Success for the value of the 
veterinary profession, when it is clothed with proper power, in 
doing for this country what has never been accomplished by any 
uther nation on the earth where this disease has ever secured a 
oothold. This part of our National Government, this Bureau of 
aroad-gauged leaders, should receive at the hands of our veterin- 
iry association in this country a most cordial vote of apprecia- 
i°n 3.rid praise. The remarkable results they have achieved in 
stamping out this bovine scourge that has long embarrassed and 
lindered and restricted our commercial advantages throughout 
he whole world, in the commercial supremacy that we should 
:ver have held as producers and venders of live-stock. 
Another point to which I desire to call your attention that 
lemands our recognition as a profession. I refer to the article 
n the October number of the Druggist's Circulav in which a 
etter was published that questioned whether veterinary graduates 
>r non-graduates could be considered as graduates of medicine in 
be eyes of the law, and as to whether druggists and pharmacists 
hould not place upon all their prescriptions which contained any 
ecognized poisons, a poison label, that may be the means of 
larming our employer, and end in the loss perhaps of a client. 
Ve certainly should demand of all druggists and pharmacists that 
ame respect for our prescriptions, as is accorded members of the 
ledical profession; and should exact from them no discretion in 
Lich a matter, but should simply follow the directions as indicated 
y our prescriptions. If in the event of an error on our part in 
niting the same, we should receive the same courtesy as our 
ster profession, and the prescription returned to our office for 
formation or correction. The poison label, which might be 
istly placed by this construction of the act, would call for very 
lany uses of said label that would very often end in serious re- 
alts, by the fears which would be created, and the failure to ad- 
linister the prescriptions as directed. 
